Fisher Cat Attack Chickens

They might try to drag them away.
Fisher cat attack chickens. Signs of fisher cat mink or weasel attack. Since fisher cats hunt in the early hours of the morning and evening these are the hours of highest vulnerability for your chickens. They are vicious predators. Feathers and footprints obvious struggle multiple brutally killed chickens missing neck chest regions carcass present.
Chicken owners especially need to be very vigilant about fisher cats because chickens are probably the fisher cat s favorite food. Weasels fisher cats and minks are just some of the 55 species in the the family mustelidae which is also commonly referred to as the weasel family. We thought maybe it was a coyote at first but now maybe it was a fisher cat or bob cat. I know fisher cats have been attacking people s chickens lately we lost three last week.
They may also try to remove some of them from the coop. The least weasel which we will discuss here is common in the northern us and canada but this family is carnivorous and chances are no matter where you go in the western. Amazing to see how stealthy he is. They will often raid chicken coops and are capable of killing many chickens at once.
This fisher cat attack successfully took out one of my chickens on 8 29 2016 at 5 49am. You will be unlikely to catch an attack in progress. Fisher cats are not pleasant creatures. Fishers may kill one or two birds occasionally more if they are trying to cache food for the hard times ahead.
They will eat the neck and head and may have the breast of the bird opened up as well.